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A Moment in History

Jean-Louis Petit

Jean Louis Petit
(1674 – 1750)

French surgeon and anatomist, Jean Louis Petit was born in Paris in on March 13, 1674.  His family rented an apartment at his house to Alexis Littre (1658 – 1726), a French anatomist. Petit became an apprentice of Littre at seven years of age, helping him in the dissections for his lectures and at an early age became the assistant in charge of the anatomic amphitheater.

Because of Petit’s dedication to anatomy and medicine, in 1690 at the age of sixteen, became a disciple of a famous Paris surgeon, Castel.

In 1692, Petit entered the French army and performed surgery in two military campaigns. By 1693 he started delivering lectures and was accepted as a great surgeon, being invited to the most difficult operations.  In 1700 he was appointed Chief Surgeon of the Military School in Paris and in the same year he received the degree of Master of Surgery from the Faculty of Paris.

In 1715 he was made a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the Royal Society of London. He was appointed by the King as the first Director General of the Royal Academy of Surgery when it was founded in 1731.

Petit’s written works are of historical importance.  “Traite des Maladies des Os” ( A Treatise on Bone Diseases);  “Traite des Maladies Chirurgicales et des Operation” (A Treatise on Surgical Diseases and their Operations” This last book was published posthumously in 1774. He also published a monograph on hemorrhage, another on lachrymal fistula, and others.

He was one of the first to perform choIecystotomy and mastoidotomy. His original tourniquet design for amputations saved many in the battlefield and the design of the same surgical instrument today has not changed much since its invention by him.

His name is remembered in the lumbar triangle, also called the "triangle of Petit", and the abdominal hernia that can ensue through that area of weakness, the lumbar hernia or "Petit's hernia".

Sources:
1. “Jean Louis Petit – A Sketch of his Life, Character, and Writings” Hayne, AP San Fran Western Lancet 1875 4: 446-454
2. “Oeuvres compl?tes de Jean-Louis Petit” 1837 Imprimerie de F. Chapoulaud
3. Extraits de l'eloge de Jean-Louis Petit Ius dans Ia seance publique de I' Academie royale de chirurgie du 26 mai 1750” Louis A. Chirurgie 2001: 126 : 475- 81


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HOUSTON AFib PATIENT EXPERIENCE SEMINAR


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HOUSTON AFib PATIENT EXPERIENCE SEMINAR

Saturday, April 21st, 2018 9am – 4pm
Westin at Memorial City, 945 Gesner Rd.
Houston, TX 77024
877-900-AFIB (2342)

This seminar is free and open to the public. To attend, please call the telephone number to register.

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM DR. RANDALL WOLF

In my experience over the last 18 years as a physician who specializes in the treatment of Atrial fibrillation (AFib), I have learned AFib sufferers want two things: Hope and a chance to feel better.

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About 30 million people worldwide carry an AFib diagnosis. Today seems everyone either has AFib or knows someone that has AFib. When I first held an Afib seminar in Beijing, China, over 1200 people with AFib signed up for the seminar. It was standing room only!

Despite the common occurrence of AFib around the world, a recent study found that in patients who were diagnosed with AFib, 40-50% of patients with an elevated risk of stroke were not treated with the best therapy, and the rate of stroke over the next five years was 10%.

Here in Houston, we can do better! Learn more about AFib right here today, and I guarantee you will have hope and be more likely to reach your goal of feeling better.

Towards an AFib free healthy life,

Randall K. Wolf, MD.


SEMINAR AGENDA

9:00 am     Introductions -  Randall Wolf, MD, FACS, FACC, Professor at McGovern Medical School, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Course Director for the AFib Patient Experience Seminar

9:15 am      The cost of AFib

9:30 am     Mechanisms

9:45 am     Blood Thinners – W. Ross Brown, MD, FACC, Comprehensive Heart Care, PA

10:15 am   Medications – Sunil Reddy, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, Cardiovascular Medicine

10:30 am   BREAK

10:45 am   Diet – Baxter Montgomery, MD, FACC, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGovern Medical School, Department of Cardiology

11:00 am   Sleep Apnea – Murtuza Ahmed, MD, FAASM, Razzack and Associates, Houston

11:15 am   AF Monitoring – Sunil Reddy, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, Cardiovascular Medicine

11:30 am   Questions with panel

12 noon      LUNCH

Testimonials: Donna Roth, Houston, TX Gary Wight, Houston, TX Mac Peirson, Houston, TX Ross Wroblewski, Lompac, CA Michaela Senk-Eustace, Hartford, CT

1:00 pm     Catheter Ablation – Siddharth S. Mukerji, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, Cardiovascular Medicine

1:30 pm     Surgery – Randall Wolf, MD, FACS, FACC

2:00 pm     Stop AFib.org – Mellanie True Hills, President

2:30 pm     Panel Discussion

2:45 pm     Stroke – Ritvij Bowry, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

3:00 pm     LAA Closure – Siddharth S. Mukerji, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School, Cardiovascular Medicine & Randall Wolf, MD, FACS, FACC

3:30 pm     Panel Discussion

4:00 pm     Adjourn – Meet with Faculty


ABOUT THE HOUSTON AFIB PATIENT EXPERIENCE SEMINAR

The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department in Houston, is proud to host the inaugural Houston AFIB Patient Experience Seminar. The purpose is to educate the public in an interactive format allowing the audience to engage in conversation in a question/answer format with leading medical professionals. Our list of panel members and guest presentations include surgeons, cardiologists, neurologists, pulmonologists as well as testimonials from AFib patients. We are honored to be able to bring awareness to the resources and options available to patients suffering from AFIB.

NOTE: If you cannot attend the seminar, there is more information on Atrial Fibrillation at this website; click here.

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